Family Visit

The weekend after Galveston, my sister’s family came to visit us.  We had such a nice visit, the kids all loved playing together.  On Saturday, we went to the Aquarium downtown.  We had a great time on the rides, we rode a carousel, ferris wheel (the one that over looks the freeway and they leave you dangling at the top with 2 toddlers), and took a train ride under the sharks.  We also looked at lots of fish and other aquatic life and saw 2 white tigers.  All in all a fun place to visit.  We ended our day there with a meal in their restaurant where you can see all kinds of fish in the middle. 

  We went swimming in the afternoon and then there was a big storm during dinner.  Of course the electricity went off (when does it not) and so we all went outside with all of the neighborhood and visited, the kids played in puddles, did bubbles, ate popsicles, and took a walk.  My sister could not believe how funny us Houstonians are about the weather, it’s kind of like a block party.  The lights still were off after 9 and we had to start getting the kids to sleep – we were all in the middle of this and unloading the refrig to coolers when thankfully the lights came back on! 

Other things:  Hudson had been really sick.  He had a bad cold for 2 weeks with Lilly, but when hers got better, his got worse.  He started running fever and having a horrible cough when my sister was here and by Monday I took him to the pedi.  He took one look at Hudson and sent in a respiratory therapist.  They took his pulse ox and gave him a pulmicort breathing treatment.  They said he had pneumonia until proven otherwise.  I was so worried at this point.  We had to get a chest x-ray (which is so scarring as a parent to see your child strapped down) and blood work and they sent us home until they got the results.  The pedi called us that night and said all was clear, it is just a bad virus gone to the lungs and we would have to wait it out with Motrin for the fever and Xopenex breathing treatments.  He is getting better know – thanks for everyone’s prayers. 

I am so loving So You Think You Can Dance this summer – it is so cool to see all of the different styles of dance and the amazing talent of the dancers.  We think Brandon should win at our house!   We also love The Little Couple with Jen and Bill – they live in Houston and it is fun to see what they are doing around town. 

My good friend Shana and Cody adopted a baby girl 5 weeks ago and we had a shower for her this weekend.  I was so excited to do this for a friend that has gone through the infertility and adoption journey with me.  Reese is just precious! 

We have random gourd/melon looking things growing in our backyard – anyone know what they could be?  They are growing over our fence from a neighbor’s yard.